Continued from part 1 - more pictures by Peter Purfield
45km heading into Hacketstown
The leaders
The gap is almost 2 minutes now
57km The bunch at Tinahealy
62km the leaders are all working in the break
Race organiser Sam Darcy leading the bunch on his motorbike
66km The leaders start the KOH
67km Still together as they approach the top of the KOH
The front of the bunch on the KOH
The bunch is lined out heading for Carnew
80km The leaders at Cranford start KOH
Left turn and it's a 5km straight run to the finish
The leaders with 3km to go
100M to the finish and a woman walks across in front of the leaders
50M to go
The bunch finish
The Lord Mayor of Gorey with the Race leaders and Sam Darcy
Results Stage 1 Blessington to Gorey
1st Michael Barry Barnardos 2hrs 19m 44 sec
2nd Dave Wherity McNally Swords @ st
3rd Conor McIlwaine Team Skoda Ireland @ st
4th Shane Hurley Barnardos @st
5th Paul Dolan Usher IRC @ 3 secs
6th Dave Cassidy Stevens Cycleogical @ 5 secs
7th Tom Mazzone Isle of Man @ 1'03
8th Alan Burke Murphy Surveys @st
Points: Dave Wherity McNally Swords
Mountains: Paul Dolan Usher IRC
Tomorrows Stage starts at 9am and is a TT in Gorey.